Nearly all educational apps have incorporated AI in some way to enhance their functionality, and many new educational AI apps have emerged over the past year. This plethora of choices can leave teachers bewildered as to what to choose, but now we are starting to
The Transparency in Learning and Teaching (TILT) Framework (Winkelmes, 2012, 2016) provides a helpful way to inform and communicate choices about using generative AI tools in higher education. Educators who engage their students in reciprocal, transparent communication about the purposes, processes, and criteria around their
Faculty and course developers today are being asked to implement Universal Design for Learning (UDL) into their course design, but many are not sure how to do that. AI can come to the rescue by analyzing assignments and other course content and suggesting changes to
While higher education focuses on how to prevent AI from diminishing student learning, over the past few months a number of major AI players have released study modes focused on helping students learn. This development has the potential to close the learning gap by providing
Large language models like ChatGPT, Gemini, and Llama have become powerful tools that can boost productivity and learning support, but they also undermine academic integrity by making it easier for students to submit unoriginal or automated work. How can we keep assessments purposeful, relevant, and
Like many college instructors, I approached this summer with one goal in mind: to figure out my approach to AI once and for all. I assembled a sizable stack of AI-related teaching books and embarked upon my reading program.
What does it mean to succeed without learning? That is a question I have wrestled with since last spring, when students in an introductory programming course I teach submitted assignments with computer code that was unusually advanced, well-structured, efficient, and carefully annotated. But when faced
As coauthor Joe Keller prepared to revise his syllabus for the upcoming semester, he kept thinking about a moment from a previous course. A student turned in a research paper so polished he assumed they had help—and he was right. It was not plagiarism, but
Every day, educators encounter the challenge of assisting students in remaining engaged, demonstrating progress, and mastering the curriculum. What strategies can they employ to achieve this? The use of Mastery Paths is a feature in Canvas that allows instructors to customize the learning material to
We’ve all faced it: the daunting stack of student work, each submission representing hours of potential grading. The familiar weight of this task can feel overwhelming, leaving us searching for more effective ways to provide meaningful feedback that truly fuels student learning. While the desire
